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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas [Special Edition] [2 Discs]

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Released: 2003-02-18

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas... DVD Cast & Features Cast:
Richard Riehle, Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Craig Bierko, Ellen Barkin, Gary Busey, Cameron Diaz, Flea, Mark Harmon, Katherine Helmond, Michael Jeter, Penn Jillette, Lyle Lovett, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Harry Dean Stanton, Tim Thomerson

Director(s): Terry Gilliam

Features:
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Digital transfer supervised by director Terry Gilliam and enhanced for 16x9 televisions
New Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 sound mixes
Three audio commentary tracks: director Terry Gilliam; stars Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro, and producer Laila Nabulsi; and author Hunter S. Thompson
Deleted scenes with commentary by Terry Gilliam
English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
Optimal image quality RSDL dual-layer edition
Collection of storyboards and production designs
Stills gallery
Selection of Hunter S. Thompson correspondence read on-camera by Johnny Depp
Hunter Goes to Hollywood, a short documentary video by filmmaker Wayne Ewing
A look at the controversy over the screenwriting credit
Original trailer and TV spots
Rare materials on Oscar Zeta Acosta, the inspiration for Dr. Gonzo
Collection of original artwork by illustrator Ralph Steadman
Excerpt from 1996 Fear and Loathing audio CD with Maury Chaykin, Jim Jarmusch, and Harry Dean Stanton
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood, a 1978 BBC documentary with Thompson and Steadman
Booklet featuring an essay by critic J. Hoberman and two pieces by Thompson

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas... DVD Details

Video:
Cinemascope
Audio:
Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel
Digital Theater Systems (akin to 5.1)
Dolby Digital Surround
Dolby Digital Stereo
Language:
English

Running Time: 119
Genre: Comedies
Item Weight: 3
UPC: 715515013222
Product Code: CRRNCC1582DVD
Format: DVD
Year:1998
Studio: Criterion

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas... DVD Summary Terry Gilliam (Brazil, Twelve Monkeys, The Fisher King) directed this colorful, stylized, pseudo-psychedelic $21-million adaptation of the 1971 Hunter S.

Thompson classic, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey into the Heart of the American Dream, about stoned sportswriter Raoul Duke, Thompson's alter ego, on a wild drug-crazed road trip, a paranoid plummet into the belly of the beast, with his pal, lawyer Oscar Zeta Acosta.

Originally serialized in Rolling Stone (November 1971), the book catapulted Thompson headfirst toward the Kerouac-Mailer-Capote pantheon and jump-started the entire movement of "gonzo journalism.

" Carrying a suitcase of drugs, Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp with shaved pate) and his attorney Dr.

Gonzo (Benicio Del Toro) drive a red convertible across the Mojave from L.

A.

to Vegas, where Duke has an assignment to cover the Mint 400 desert motorcycle race.

As the drugs kick in, Duke ventures into voiceover, filling in the blank spots and narrative gaps.

"This is not a good town for psychedelic drugs," says Duke, but even so, they consume vast quantities, eventually escalating to ether.

Duke notes that with ether "you can actually watch yourself behaving this terrible way, but you can't control it.

" The two trash their hotel room, and Gonzo goes back to L.

A.

Thinking the hotel room holocaust will lead to an arrest, Duke begins a drive back to L.

A.

, but after an odd encounter with a highway patrolman (Gary Busey) and a telephone conversation with Gonzo, he returns to Vegas to cover the District Attorney Convention on Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs in the glitzy Flamingo Hotel.

This time the drugged-out duo trash their Flamingo room.

The crazed carnival atmosphere segues into a carney casino, Bazooko's Circus, where a barker (Penn Jillette) spiels amid aerialists, clowns, and a rotating carousel bar.

Gonzo worries over runaway teen Lucy (Christina Ricci), who paints portraits of Barbra Streisand.

Soon the hallucinations begin: Duke sees Gonzo transmogrify into a demon with breasts on its back, and an acid vision of a Vegas bar features large legit lounge lizards (courtesy of monster makeup man Rob Bottin).

Flashbacks depicting Duke's intro to the drug scene jump back to love-Haight relationships in San Francisco's Summer of Love.

Cameos and guest stars include Mark Harmon, Cameron Diaz, Flea, Lyle Lovett, Harry Dean Stanton, Ellen Barkin, Tobey Maguire, and Hunter S.

Thompson himself.

The film features a Geffen Records soundtrack mixing rock of the period with Vegas lounge tunes.

Over the years, various script adaptations came and went as did numerous talents; people connected with past efforts to film Thompson's book include Martin Scorsese, Jack Nicholson, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, and writer-director Alex Cox.

Shown in competition at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.